This paper reviews the mechanisms of toughening in fiber reinforced cement based
composites. Reference is made to frontal, crack tip and wake processes, and estimates of …

This paper reviews the mechanisms of toughening in unreinforced cementitious materials,
including cement paste, mortar, and concrete. The paper emphasizes the microstructural …

It is well known that interfaces in composites play an important role in determining composite
properties. In this paper, preliminary results of the improvement in tensile properties of a …

In this paper, the tensile properties of cement‐based composites containing random
discontinuous steel fibers are reported. Direct tensile tests were performed to study the …

The role of interfacial parameters on the fracture toughness of cement based composites are
studied by means of a two-crack system. The first crack type represents the interfacial …

Depending on process route, fibers for composite reinforcement typically have some degree
of variation in diameter. This paper examines the effect of varying fiber diameter on …

In the present paper we propose a simple analytical model for fracture analysis of short fiber
reinforced cementitious composites designed to undergo distributed multiple cracking prior …

The state-of-the-art in micromechanical modeling of the mechanical response of HPFRCC is
reviewed. Much advances in modeling has been made over the last decade to the point that …

The proportion of fracture energy which is consumed by fibres during fracturing in uniaxial
and biaxial loading of a composite (matrix plus fibre) can be calculated by means of a …

A fibre pull-out problem in the multiple cracking stage is studied. Full bonding is assumed.
When studying a single fibre the equilibrium condition may be violated at either of the …